拉里·戈普尼克(迈克尔·斯图巴 Michael Stuhlbarg 饰)是美国明尼苏达州双城区某大学的物理教授,学校正决定是否颁发给他终身教授资格时,一位韩国学生向拉里抱怨考试评分不公,遭拒绝后则向拉里行贿。与此同时,拉里的妻子朱迪斯(莎瑞·莱尼克 Sari Lennick 饰)说她爱上了鳏夫塞·艾伯曼(弗雷德·迈拉麦德 Fred Melamed 饰),要求离婚。不仅如此,拉里的无业神经质哥哥亚瑟(理查德·坎德 Richard Kind 饰)越来越成为负担,儿子的犹太成人礼在即,女儿偷钱准备为鼻子做整容手术,而一封匿名信更是要将他的前程毁掉。焦头烂额的拉里求助于多位犹太牧师拉比,但信仰便能帮他走出困境吗? 本片获英国电影电视协会奖最佳原创剧本提名及金球奖音乐剧和喜剧类最佳男主角提名(迈克尔·斯图巴)。
The summer before college, bright-yet-irreverent Elliott comes face-to-face with her older self during a mushroom trip. The encounter spurs a funny and heartfelt journey of self-discovery and first love as Elliott prepares to leave her childhood home.
Writer-director Megan Park’s tender, surprising sophomore feature cleverly uses its high-concept premise of a visit from one’s future self to launch a refreshing, nuanced exploration of the uncertainties of young romance and coming of age. My Old Ass is a sweet teenage love story, a lively contemporary comedy, and a quirky riff on time-travel films all in one.
Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza have a terrific unlikely chemistry, as the sass and self-assuredness of the young Elliott, as played by Stella, blends and overlaps with Plaza’s sardonic humor as a more mature Elliott. The care and affection shown in the film’s depiction of Elliott’s rural hometown in her last days before taking off for adulthood visually highlights her emotional journey, evoking a nostalgia for days that haven’t even ended yet.—HZ